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Donald Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion discover the absolute, undeniable, and scientifically proven greatest performance in your favorite actor's esteemed career via a direct-elimination bracket, usually with a kind lil' guest.
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Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Do you get commercials for weird medicine when you watch something on Tubi? Are you yearning for a solid introduction to the oeuvre of Carl Franklin? Is The Crow the opposite of Tár? All this and more is discussed on this week's The Academy Academy as your intrepid hosts Don & Pat give a rundown on the film that defined Tony Scott's 21st century works: Man on Fire.
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Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Crank up your Netzero accounts, folks- Don & Pat are talking Hannibal and Spy Game on this week's The Academy Academy! Is Bob Dylan the key popular artist of the 20th century? Did the opening credits sequence of Se7en ruin opening credits sequences for the next decade? Must a Chris fall for a Paul to rise?!
Tune in to find out!
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Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
This ep took a while to make, but it's finally here. It's for the folks who relate to E.T.'s love of candy. For the folks who have a fondness for Slim Pickens and William Devane. For those that consider Claude Chabrol a dang normie.
Enjoy!
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Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Is Commodus the Phantom Menace? Is Proximo basically a CAA Agent? Is Orson Welles the king of the Big Boys? Could Russell Crowe portray the Maud'Dib? Could Timothée Chalamet portray Maximus?
Find out the answers to these burning questions and more as Don & Pat hang out in Dad Movie Elysium and discuss Ridley Scott's Gladiator on this week's The Academy Academy!
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Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Don and Pat return to the briny depths to discuss James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water on this week's The Academy Academy!
Is 4DX any good? Is James Cameron the only director to have discovered a new species of sea cucumber? Is The Weeknd a 21st Century Celine Dion?
Grab a thermos of gold soul goo and find out!
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Pat and Don discuss all things Enemy of the State in this week's episode of The Academy Academy! Is Gene Hackman portraying the same character he played in The Conversation? Why is Jon Voight dressed exactly like Robert S. McNamara? Should there be more awards given at The Academy Awards??
Tune in to find out!
Note: Patrick's audio quality is terrible in this episode! Sorry, folks.
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Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
A partnership torn apart by insecurity and avarice. A tragic and ignominious end to one of Hollywood's hit machines. And in the middle of all this, one of the greatest action films of all time is crafted.
Don and Patrick discuss The Rock and more on this week's The Academy Academy.
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Would you do what it takes to climb the hill from Thief of Hearts, or die trying like Norm from Cheers? Would you watch Gran Torino: 2 to Tango? Is Eddie Murphy's performance in Norbit actually one of the best of all time?!
Folks- you've entered podcasting Boot Camp. Let Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion be your Master Chiefs (not the video game guy) as we discuss the ins and outs of G.I. Jane on a surprisingly thorough and unsurprisingly tangent-filled episode of The Academy Academy!
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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Gil Renard is a troubled knife salesman and baseball fanatic. Bobby Rayburn is a hotshot MLB pro that just signed a $40 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. Gil turns his obsessions towards Bobby. Things escalate. John Kruk gets knifed in the rain.
Returning Champ Andrew Saunderson (Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill) joins us to discuss all things The Fan on this week's The Academy Academy! We also have a surprise drop-in from a Mystery Knife Correspondent and, of course, there is a fun little tangent about that classic John Wells joint Burnt. Enjoy!
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Schools in session... and your teachers on the tallest peak of Cocaine Mountain are none other than former marines/Bob Dylan aficionados Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion!
We're talking all things Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, folks. Are there only 10 guys in Hollywood? Would you be wowed by the sensuality of Detective Mike Sex? Did Stevie Wonder assassinate JFK?! Will our grandkids make it to Elysium?!!
Tune in to find out!
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